Feria d’Arles: Marco Perez and Manuel Roman, two promises for the future

Marco Perez opened the great gate of Arles by cutting off two ears. Midi Libre – Stéphan Guin

Marco Perez opened the great gate of Arles by cutting off two ears. Midi Libre – Stéphan Guin

Marco Perez opened the great gate of Arles by cutting off two ears. Midi Libre – Stéphan Guin

Marco Perez opened the great gate of Arles by cutting off two ears. Midi Libre – Stéphan Guin

Manuel Roman's beautiful toreo won over Arles aficionados. Midi Libre – Stéphan Guin

Manuel Roman's beautiful toreo won over Arles aficionados. Midi Libre – Stéphan Guin

Le beau toreo de Manuel Roman a séduit les aficionados arlésiens. Midi Libre – Stéphan Guin

Marco Perez opened the big door during Sunday morning in Arles after having cut two ears from a novillo de Gallon awarded a posthumous vuelta. Although he only won one trophy, Manuel Roman also made a strong impression.

A good period seems to be emerging for the novilladas after the impression offered by Samuel Navalon for the opening novillada and the quality of the toreo by Manuel Roman and Marco Perez during the morning of Sunday in Arles.

If the Andalusian hope did not accompany Marco Perez through the front door, he deserves the praise because he has a real personality and a pure bullfighter who seduces aficionados. All his gestures are imbued with gentleness and he constantly seeks bullfighting from below with the most beautiful effect. He has a silky left hand and does not hesitate to let go of the sword to perform series with the right by natural.

He greeted the opening novillo, marked with the iron of Nuñez del Cuvillo, with great gentleness. After engaging in a few exchanges of politeness quite with Marco Perez, he took advantage of the nobility of the brave to produce several well-crafted series, the best on the left bank. After hand change sequences and the manoletinas finals, a sword well in place gave him a deserved ear.

His next novillo from the Gallon family was a handy and willingly collaborative toro who lacked race and strength. Manuel Roman tried to build a faena based on softness to support his opponent. But he stopped quickly and did not have the opportunity to recite his toreo before finishing with difficulty with the steels.

Manuel Roman loses the triumph due to bad luck

Manuel Roman also convinced against his last novillo from Santiago Domecq. A toro with unattractive lines who showed great bravery to the horse. The beginning of the Andalusian faena was explosive with a magnificent kneeling toreo and the faena, still on both horns, was in the best taste.

After these artistic sequences, Manuel Roman delivered a Homeric finale where the horns brushed against his body on each bernardina. This is the moment when bad luck struck because after a sword in a good place on the second attempt, the end of the novillo was prolonged. The mood fell and the rewards flew away when he would have deserved to open the big door.

The phenomenon Marco Perez came to Arles to make his presentation in a first category arena. This morning will serve as accelerated learning for the hope of Salamanca. We will remember his race when he waited for his second novillo de Gallon kneeling in front of the toril certainly vindictive of his first performance. Indeed, he had inherited a very complicated Nuñez del Cuvillo who charged with violent headers and was deprived of class and rhythm. The wind was an additional parameter to cause danger and Marco Perez found himself in difficulty despite the coaching of his luxury corner composed of Juan Bautista and Daniel Luque.

Never have we had the phenomenon in such difficulty and this fight will be instructive for the future. You may not know everything about bullfights at sixteen, but experience cannot be bought!

Two ears from a Gallon of vuelta for Perez

But the kid has pride and personality. In bullfights as in sport, you don't lose. We learn. And Marco Perez set the record straight against an excellent novillo de Gallon awarded a Vuelta. Reception a porta gayola, start of faena in the center of the track with two cambiadas and several series on the two banks where he imposed a lot on the brave and passed the horns as close as possible to his femoral bones. He again demonstrated all his courage in the second part of the faena where he multiplied the redondos over the horns. A beautiful sword naturally made both ears droop.

Unfortunately, Marco Perez was unable to increase his harvest against Santiago Domecq's last novillo. A very weak toro who spent his faena sprawling on the ground. But this morning novillada allowed the aficionados to discover two real hopes for the future and this race will have been constructive in building their careers.

The novillada sheet

Arènes d’Arles.

¼ entrance.

Novillos de Nuñez del Cuvillo (1 and 2), Gallon (3 and 4) and Santiago Domecq (5 and 6).

The 4th novillo of the Gallon brothers was released award-winning of a posthumous vuelta.

Manuel Roman: ear, silence after one opinion and vuelta after two opinions.

Marco Perez: hello after advice, two ears after screw and applause.